3/16/20 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to TEAM CURLEY K-8 for being your amazing selves during a challenging time. Our students were calm thanks to you! You are being tasked to go well beyond your comfort zone to ensure access to learning and you do so on behalf of our amazing students. Thank you to everyone who jumped in to help out last week!

 

Due Dates 

This Week:   3/9-3/27 Student Feedback Surveys 3/22 Trimester 3 Grades Due

Next Week:  3/27 Class Coverage Forms Due

Looking Ahead: 4/1 Teacher Leadership Fund Application Due 4/20-4/24 Vacation 5/4-5/22 Math & Sci MCAS

MCAS

The schedule was prepared to allow us to maintain optimal testing conditions, keep P & D's, and pull as many staff as possible to meet all the needs of our students during testing. Please go over the schedule with your team and make sure you note all the changes in the Master Schedule during the testing window. Please contact Mr. Diaz if you have any questions or concerns.

End-of-Year Celebration honoring the Retirees

Later sunsets are a reminder that the end of the year is approaching quickly! We are planning an end-of-year party in early June to honor our retirees and celebrate our hard work all year. If you are interested in helping to plan this event, please reach out to Laurie Ciardi. Stay tuned for more information and a save-the-date notice!

Grade 3-5 Independent Reading Challenge

Curl Up and Read, Curley!
Beginning Monday, March 16th through Friday May 1st , students in Grades 3-5 will participate in an independent reading challenge. The Grade level that comes closest to reaching their Accelerated Reader Reading Goal will win a party of their choice, hosted by Ms. Grassa, and the rights to display the “Curl Up and Read, Curley” championship trophy! Results of the challenge will be posted weekly on a scoreboard in the Upper School main hallway. Family letters to send home, explaining the challenge, will be distributed this week. Contact Andria Butler, Laura Strait, or Eileen Cronin with any questions.

BPS Coronavirus Website 

Last night, BPS launched a website outlining key questions families may have, prevention tips, and tips for educators. Our goal is to keep you as informed as possible and make sure you have the tools and resources you need in order to both talk with your students, staff, and families and keep your school community safe and healthy. We will be updating the website weekly. https://www.bostonpublicschools.org/coronavirus If parents or community members are asking questions about coronavirus that cannot be answered on the BPS Coronavirus Website, please have them email coronavirus@bostonpublicschools.org and they will receive an answer within 48 hours.

Winter Grading Window K0-8

The Winter term grading window for students in grades K0-8 is open from March 2nd to March 22nd. Please refer to the materials below for instructions on entering grades.
How to Enter and Post Elementary Grades in AspenElementary Comment Codes HandoutHow to verify that your grades are posted
K0-K2 Winter Grading (K2 grades posting is required in Aspen; K0 and K1 are optional)How to Enter and Post K0-K2 Grades in Aspen 
K0-K2 TranslationsK0/K1 Progress ReportsK2 Report Cards
Reminder: After entering or editing grades in the scores tab, teachers must click Post Grades to write the grades to the report cards. Grades will be saved as you enter them but they will not appear on the report cards until you click Post Grades.

Boston Public Schools: Student Feedback Survey grades 3-8

The Curley K-8 School will be administering the Student Feedback Survey March 9th - March 27th for students in grades 3-8. Students will be randomly provided one of six versions of the MCIEA Culture & Climate Survey. Each survey contains 2/3 of the Culture & Climate questions and will take about 15 minutes to complete. Students will also take a survey about 2 randomly selected teachers. Each survey will take about 10 minutes to complete. As a result, students will need about 35 minutes to complete the entire survey.
How will students take the survey?
• All surveys are available online.
• Students will log-in with the Clever account.
• Students may use desktops, laptops, netbooks, Chromebooks, tablets and/or mobile devices to access the survey.
• All appropriate and available accommodations can be used to assist students with disabilities.
• Languages available: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Somali, and Chinese.

I have included the following links to help grade level teams with this process:
• Survey Coordinator Training Presentation
• Survey Proctor Guide
• School survey Administration Plan

Once you meet with your team please email Mr. Diaz the dates and times your planning to administer the survey to your students.

Class Coverage

Teachers and paras will be responsible for submitting coverage in this form and they will be paid out monthly. If either Teachers or Para Professionals have questions or need support submitting this documentation they should speak to either Madeline or Kathy. 

SST

In order to submit a referral, please complete the google form. All materials can be found in the drive. Once a referral form is submitted, you will hear from a member of the SST team regarding next steps. 

Middle School Detention

Middle School Detention is every Tuesday from 3:15 - 4:15. Please use this link to record students assigned to detention. Students will earn detention for the following reasons:

· Refusal to turn in their cellphone

· Being in the hallways without a pass

· Arriving late to class without a pass

If there are any questions, please email awardjackson@bostonpublicshools.org

CPT this Week

Please review the Work Plan Calendar weekly for CPT topics and information to cover. 

SY 19-20 Interim Calendar

Below is a list of ELA and Math interim assessment dates for your planning purposes:

Assessment	ELA	Math
Interim 1	Week of Oct 21	Week of Nov 4
Interim 2	Week of Dec 9	Week of Jan 27
Interim 3	Week of March 2	Week of March 23
Interim 4 (EOY Assessment)	Week of June 8	Week of June 15

PD Dates for SY 2019-2020

Draft Work Plan Calendar.

Field Trip Request Procedure

All field trips requests should be submitted in the following way, check out this powerpoint for additional information on the steps.

• Fill out electronic form at least 2 weeks in advance. This link will be available in the blog daily. Field Trip Request Form
• Print your form submission. 
• Email list of students attending to nurses. 
• Get nurse and cafeteria signature at least 2 weeks in advance. They can sign anywhere at the bottom of your page. 
• Turn in to either main office. 
• Pass out permission slips and have students return. (English p.12, Other Languages)
• The SPC has allotted each grade level $500 to put towards field trips; any questions should be send to treasurer@curleyk8.com.

Sick Day Procedure (teachers and paraprofessionals)

• Call/text Katie Grassa at 857-265-4954 immediately, no matter how late/early Enter the absence in SubCentral (teachers only). Link: https://bostonps.eschoolsolutions.com/logOnInitAction.do
• Enter absence on Boston Employees Self Service
• If it is after 6:30am, also send an email to Katie Grassa, David Diaz and the secretary.